Change the layout (rows and columns) of Launchpad

Did you know that you can fully customize the layout of Launchpad? Not only change the placement of icons, but you can also change the number of rows and columns. Use the following commands in OS X Terminal.

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-columns -int X

Change ‘X’ into the number of icons to be showed in a single row (e.g 9).

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-rows -int X

Change ‘X’ to the number of rows (e.g 3).

Force a restart of Launchpad with the following command to apply the changes: